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she dreams.  I fixed the blip on her knee with turpentine and the stiff brush,  now all is soft and in that dream world.  She holds her flag….i don't know why,  but she holds her flag.  So she can find herself?  or is it a banner,  declaring where she is From?

 

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and the Magician.  Thread beads  [ Jude Hill Spirit Cloth]   fall gently around  the Magician.  Seeds of spirit from the Tree, once Alive then Dead but not dead

the oh so small figure of the Magician,  drawn really, blind,  just movement of a pen and there she was,  so clearly a Magician,  coming as a total surprise.  So now,  before sending to the Shop,  i need to spend time with this image that came of its own accord.  So i can KNOW her and let her take me forward.

this morning,  out in the Way Back,  on the fallen Russian Olive,  a Flicker.  I heard it's voice first and got up to look because i didn't recognize the sound,  and there…Flicker with brilliant orange underwing   Flicker that used to be my spirit bird in Michigan that i know has turquoise eyelids

 

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8 responses to “now”

  1. Mo Crow Avatar

    beautiful dreaming

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  2. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    Joyful completion and a flicker too!
    Omen of things to come I hope.

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  3. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    A Flicker of turquoise eyelids…lovely.. and Lovely magical dreamy cloth

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  4. Ali Avatar
    Ali

    Had to google a Flicker as I had never heard of it, such a beautiful bird.
    I love the courage and statement of the banner, it seems uncompromising. In general I think compromise is a very good thing, but some things are not negotiable.

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  5. Martine Bos Avatar

    Oh her dreams must be beautiful………

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  6. Kristin Avatar
    Kristin

    dreaming, the best dreams…certainly. Flicker comes here year-round, sometimes two or three at a time…they visit on my porch railing so I can easily watch them from where I am writing or reading…there song now tells me they are near even before I see them…Now to see if they will reveal those turquoise eyelids….love how this piece has found the voice to tell its very own story. nice to see your sketches combines with stitch, strong visually and the magician is a tiny, magical note of delight.

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  7. grace Avatar

    those eyelids
    i only know because i was driving down the hill from where i went to get Free of my life…in Michigan….driving back home and the truck in front of me hit something…it bounced off the truck to the side of the road and i pulled over and went back…a flicker
    and it wasn’t dead when i picked it up and held it but it died in my hands and i saw the eyelids close and they were the most amazing turquoise

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  8. Liz A Avatar

    “she holds her flag” … I am spell-bound my this

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